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'11. I... nUTLn n o F ufr IGA, New Youn. I Letters Patent No. 69, 0'i2, dated Septmnrr24, 186i'. i i

if o i InPnovEDsEIN- snint' @in rlunfunlc return tu in tigen ifrtters 'utmtuurmztting pnt ntfiigrsjmve 'IO WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN: Be it known that I,` I. L. BUTLER,-of Utienyeonnty of Oneida, and State of New York, have `invented n` Kein-Snap and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference i being had to the accompanying drawings, making/part of this specification, in whieh-+ i Figure 1 is a perspective view of my'improveil rein-snap complete.4 i Figure 2 is a side view .of the snap with a, ring fastened to it; t Figure 3 is a similar view, showing the ring'in the act of passngout between thenner snapspring and the i outer guard-spring.' t i Figure 4 shows the ring in the act of passing` between thehook of the snap andthe guard-spring thereof."` Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. .1 The object of this invention is toA construct a very simple and cheep rein-snep, which Vshall afford a very safe fastening when attached' to a ring or other object, and Vwhich shall admit ofreadydetnclnnent froml such object, when required. l l l The nature f my invention consists in'thc applicationv to a hookedrein-snapefltwosprings, which nre arranged as to afford double security against the casual detachment of the snap freine ring or otherolijpctto wl'ehfit m'aybeattachedyas-'wiii be-lrereinafterflese'ribedand e'nplainedfj ff i "."If lL To c nehle otheiisskilled in the art to understand my invention, Iwill describe its construction nnd operation. g 4

In the accompanying drawings, A representsthe oblong eye ofthe snap; by which itis attached to `n.rein. B is thc shank of the snep, which terminates in. a. hook, C, having a curved p ont, At thejnnction of the shank D with its oblong eye A, two lips or flanges are formed en the sides et' theiforinebetween-which two 3 springs c dare riveted or otherwise secured. The raised lips on thesides of the shnnkVof-'the snapare `or affording lateral support for thetwo s pringsfend preventingtheir freeonds from being turned ont of lin e.iritllfA their hoolg. The spring c extends beneath the 'point ot` the hook,l where its end is cnrvedinwnrd, s othnt` ring, D, maybereadily detached from the suap,by pressing it backward betweenthe point of this spi-irig and. f; the bend of the hook, without having to press the spring inward with the fingers, This springU is dcsignedto.' 5 serve as n latch for retaining the ringwthin, the space formed by it and thchookofzthesnap; Vbut underfsemenf F .circumstances it has been found that a ring will work its wlny between tl1e'poi`nt of this springend thetheoky i and allow of the detachment ofxthe snep. The spring Z is designedto-serve as n' guard to `prevent-the tletiizlrfl ment of the snap frein its ring should thc latter escape past the, spring c, und to this end the frecendfof" the spring cb presses upon the out-turned point of t-hc hook C, und projects slightly beyond this `p`oint,"us shown in; thedrawings.. .A Thns'it will be seen that should the ringfpass the spring e, and get betweenthe t \vosprigs,`the outer.. i spring or guard will serve to prevent the-snep from detachment froin the ring; and, by having the pointfof the hook curved, as shown Vin the several figures of the accompanyingdrawings, a. slight jrkforpullin "of. the snap and ring wii bring the latter back within tlae hoek, as shown in figs. 1 and '2. The objectl of projecting the 1 t point of the guard-spring d beyond its bearing upon the point of the hooi: is to allow ofl the ready attachment 1 f of a ringer other object to the snap without having to raise the spring d with tlxeiingers. t i i i i" It will be seen from the above description that the snap is nttached to ring by pressing these perts f` together, us shown in fig. 4, thus bringing the `ring between the springs c d, andnthen drawing the ring beek i into the hook, ns shown in figs. 1 and 2. These two movements are required for detaching thesnnp frein itsring.' i i Having described my invention, ,what I eluiin as new,I and desire to secure hyLettersPat'e'nt, ism A rein-snap, having two springs e d, or their respective equivalents, applied to it, so ne .to operate snhstan-`- f tially as specified. i i

v I. L; BUTLER.

Witnesses: i' E.`J. Sronnxnn.

M. M. Jones. 

